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I. W. W, ORGANIZE
MARINE WORKERS
Papers Seized in New York Raid
Bare Conspiracy of Red
Recruiters.
WOULD COVER WHOLE WORLD
Seven Countries Already Surveyed
With View to Organizing Marine
Transport Workers' Industrial
Union Branches.
Now York, July 10. A plan of tho
I. W. V. to organize the marine work
ers of several European and South
American countries Into "one big
union" was disclosed In letters seized
In the raid on tho headquarters of the
organization and submitted ns evi
dence hero when the joint legislative
committee resumed lis Inquiry Into
radical and seditious activities In New
York state.
The letters, written by various or
ganization officials, showed that ma
rine workers wro being organized Into
the Marine Transport Workers' Indus
trial union No. 8 of the I. W. W. One
of the documents read Into tho record,
dnted Chicago, Juno 10, was written
l)y James Scott, who had been nuido
acting secretary and treasurer of the
union.
It stated thnt efforts were' 'tinder
way to organlzo the transport workers
of Argentlnn, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Ire
land, Spain and Ilollnnd, and that op
erations would bo extended to other
countries as funds became available.
A. B. Stevenson, associate counsel
for' the committee, also offered In evi
dence a July, 1910, copy of the Mes
senger, n radical publication for ne
groes. He called attention to the fact
that two of Its editors were Instructors
1u the Hand School of Social Science
Mr. Stevenson then read extracts
from Its editorials urging negroes to
join the I. W. W. movement and set
ting f6rth flint white members were
working side by side with negroes' and
Japanese In Western harvest fields.
Stnte Supreme Court Justice Mc
Avoy refused to confirm tho temporary
Injunction granted restraining the leg
islative committee from using docu
ments seized in a raid on the Rnnd
school. Tho rofusal was based on a
technical error In the application and
permission was given attorneys for the
school to renew the motion.
Becauso of the marine strlko 132
passengers bound to South American
porta have been marooned In Now
(York harbor on board tho British
steamer Tennyson since Monday.
Tho crew deserted their vessel be
fore It reached quarantine, .coming
ashore on n barge that had gone along
side. Reports from the ship are that the
passengers are taking their enforced
delay good naturally, but it will bo
necessary to restock with provisions.
It wns announced by ofllcinls of tho
line that tho passengers would be
brought nshoro on tugs unless the
strike is ended meantime.
YANKS IN VICTORY PARADE
Generals Pershing, Joffre and Foch
Ride Under tho Arc de Triomphe
in Paris Celebration.
Paris, July 10. Tho conquerors in
the great war marched In u victory
parade under the Arc de Triomphe,
through which only victors may pass.
Several million grateful persons,
mostly French, but with thousands of
their allies, struggled forward along
tho line of mnrqh for nn opportunity to
wave and shout their gratitude to tho
men who saved them from German Im
perialism. - Marshal Joffre, tho victor of tho first
battle of the Marno, passed under tho
Arc de Trlompho at 8:45 o'clock. He
rode alone. Behind him came Marshal
Foch, commander In chief of tho allied
forces during the final campaign.
Gen. John J. Pershing, with a num
ber of American generals, enme next
in line and was received with equal
enthusiasm. Forty American organi
zations, soldiers and marines, march
ing with wonderful precision, wero
greeted by n sea of waving handker
chiefs and Hags and with deafening
cheers.
3 DIE; 6 HURT IN CRASH
Residents of Oklahoma Lose Lives
When Interurban Car Hits
Automobile.
Oklahoma City, Okla.,, July 18.
Three persons were killed nnd six In
jured In the wreck of nn automobile
nnd nn lnterurbnn cnr. All wero oc
cupants of the automobile. Mrs, W.
M. Erdmnn and her son Albert, Rich
land, Okla., and Willie McDonald, Ok
lahoma City, wero killed.
Yanks on Way to London.
Havre, July 10. The American
troops which participated In the Vic
tory celebration at Paris embarked
Wednesday for London. They will
take pnrt In tho peaco celebration In
London.
Parcel Post to Germany.
Washington, July', 10. Resumption
of International parcel post service
with Germany effectlvo Immediately,
wns announced by the post office de
partment. Pncknges up, to 11 pounds
will lie accepted-
SPEAKING OF
ROW OVER SHANTUNG
SENATE ADOPTS BORAH RESOLU.
TION WITHOUT RECORD VOTE.
Senator Colt, sRcpublican, of Rhode
Island, Indorses the Covenant
of Nations.
Washington, July 18. Tho Bornh
resolution calling upon tho president
to furnish the senate with a copy of
a written protest against tho Shan
tung settlement which Secretary Lan
sing, General Bliss and Henry White,
as three of fho American peace com
missioners, were snid to have signed,
was adopted by the senate without n
record vote or any discussion.
President Wilson began conferences
at the White House with republican
senators on the league of nntlons and
tho peace treaty. His first caller wns
Senator McCumber of North Dakota.
Two other senators, Colt of Rhode
Island and Nelson of Mlnnesptn, called
nt the White Houso during the afternoon-
Preliminary reading of the treaty
by the foreign relations committee has
proceeded slowly and it Is not ex
pected that tho entire document can
bo gone over beforo tho end of the
week.
Tho league of nations Is inseparable
from the peace treaty, "because the
treaty cannot be enforced except
through tho league," which Is "abso
lutely necessary to secure tho present
and mnlntaln tho futuro pence of the
world," declnred Senator Colt, repub
llcan, of Rhode Island, In nn address
In tho sennte.
BRITISH DENY IRISH PLEA
Refuse to Put Fate Up to League
of Nations, Says Bonar
Law.
London, July 18. The British gov
ernment does not regnrd the action
of the United States sennte with re
spect to Ireland, or the acts In the
same connection of other persons or
bodies representing the American poo-
j pie, as In violation of article 10 of
the League of Nations covenant, said
Andrew Bonar Law, tho government
leader, In the house of commons.
Tho government, Sir. Bonnr Law
added, would not put tho question of
the futuro government of lrelnnd on
tho program for consideration at the
next meeting of the council of the
League of Nations.
NEWS FROM FAR 1
AND NEAR 2
Springfield, Mo., July 17. The $225,
000 road bond Issue for Webster coun
ty wns defeated by 30 votes, according
to unofficial returns.
Vienna, Austria, July 17. Count
Ulrlch von Brockdorff-Rnntzuu has
been accepted by the government ns
German minister to Austrlu.
Loudon, July 17. The Spanish cab
inet, heuded by Antonio Maura, which
was formed April 15 last, has resigned,
accordlngMo a Reuter's dispatch from
Madrid.
London, July 17. Ekaterinburg, 100
miles southenst of Perm, has been
captured by the bolshevlkl, according
to a Ruyslnn wireless dispatch re
ceived here. Tho town wns occupied
Monday.
Chicago. July 17. Over 4,000 Chi
cago post ofllco clerks are affected by
nn Incrense In wages of $100 annually,
which was authorized by tho post offico
department in Washington, according
to a teleirram received by Postmaster
William B. Carlile from Postmaster
General Burleson.
Chicago Invites Wilson.
Chicago, July 18. Chicago sent an
Invitation to President Wilson to visit
this city during his coming Western
tour for the purpose of nn educnttvo
campaign In favor of tho League of
Nations.
New German Republic.
Coblenz, July 18. A republic has
been proclaimed In Blrkenfeld, In tho
allies' area of occupation. A provi
sional government woh formed Mon
day nnd complete separation from Old
enburg proclaimed.
BALLOONS
WASHINGTON STAR.
WETS LOSE TWO POINTS
NEW 2 BEER MOVE BEATEN
IN HOUSE.
Repeal of Ban Also Hit Amendment
to War-Time Prohibition Bill
Defeated.
Washington, July 10. An amend
ment to the war-time prohibition en
forcement bill which would hnvo per
mitted tho sale of 2 per cent beer
was voted down In tho house, 128 to
81.
Representative Dyer of Missouri In
troduced tho amendment.
The vote wns token after a whirl
wind debate of more than an hour and
followed nn attempt to force a vote
on repeal of the war-time dry act.
The house then defeated, 128 to 83,
an amendment by Representative Ar
goo (Dem.) Missouri, to strlko out
tho clause' defining nn Intoxicating li
quor ns u beverage containing one
hnlf of 1 per cent alcohol.
Washington, July 18. Authority of
congress to fix one-hnlf of 1 per cent
ns tho mnxlmum nlcohollc content of
beverages In prohibition enforcement
legislation Is clear, Wayne B Wheeler,
general counsel for the Antl-Snloon
Iengue, declared bofore the senato Ju
diciary subcommittee In answering re
cent statements of Samuel Unter
meyer, counsel for brewers.
"To allow the sale of 2 per cent
beer," snld Mr. Wheeler, "would keep
alive tho llqour trade and defeat tho
purposes of national prohibition.
Friends of prohibition do hot want a
code unless it defines Intoxicating
liquor."
Mr. Wheeler told the committee pro
hibition ndvocntes were not asking
thnt possession of liquors bought be
foro July 1 for personal uso lib pro
hibited. He added, however, that they
were suggesting nmendmcnts to the
pending legislation to limit tho
amount of liquors which mny be stored
In private residences, so ns to "pre
vent homes from becoming speak
easies." CHICAGO STRIKE SPREADING
Six Thousand More Employees of
Harvester Company Quit Ten
Thousand Locked Out.
Chicago, July 10. The strike of the
10,000 men of the International Ilnr
vester company of the reaper nnd
twlno plants was augmented by 0,000 ,
more workmen of the same union who
walked out of the Decrlng works nnd
the Illinois Malleable Iron works.
Three thousand of the men loft tho ,
Decrlng works, which is n branch of
tho Harvester company, nt 1734 Fuller-!
ton avenue, and nt tho same time !
3,000 men walked out of the other 1
plant, which 1b directly across the
street. Approximately 10,000 men are
now on strlko against tho Harvester
company. It is snld, however, that
10,000 have been locked out and will
not be nllowed to return to work. j
All tho men out ure demanding a
"union shop" and Increases In wnges.
EX-CZAR'S BODY IS BURNED
Empress Was Shot Several Times
Proof of Their Deaths Found
at Moscow.
Berlin, July 10. Proof positive of
tho death of the Russian czarina Is
suld to bo contained In n secret offi
cial report In tho nrchlves nt Moscow.
The cx-cmprcss wns shot Kovnrni
times. After tho first shot she said :
"Miracles still happen. I am olive
yet." At tho next shot she dropped,
mortally wounded. The czar was shot
seven times, Ills body wns taken to
the Kremlin In u wooden box. nnd there
burned In a stove.
Pershing Guest of King.
London, Jnn. 10. Gen. John J. Per
shing, who Is here to lend tho Ameri
can troops In tho Victory parade on
Saturday, was the guest of Queen
Mary und King Georgo ut luncheon nt
Buckingham palace.
Couple Shot From Ambush.
Dallas, Tex., July 10. J. L. Roberts
was shot to death and Mrs. Radio
Thomas probably fatally wounded
when they wero Urea on from ambush
by unknown parties while motoring
nenr the, city limits,
KS PRESIDENT
FOR
IFORMATIO
Senate Adopts Resolution Seek
ing Light on Alleged Jap
German Treaty.
JAPAN BRIBER SAYS LODGE
China Robbtd t Satisfy Tokyo, "and
All the World Knows It," Declares
the Republican Leader Hitch
cock Defends League.
Washington, July 17. Without a
rerord vote, the sennte ndopted Sena
tor Lodge's resolution asking the pres
Idnt for Information ns to nn alleged
ttcnty negotiated between Japan and
Germany In 1018. Tho senate then ad
journed until Thursday.
Senator Lodge charged In tho senate
during debnte on the pence treaty,
that tho Shantung settlement was' "a
price pnld" for Japan's signature to
tho Longuo of Nations, with tho rob
bing of Chlnn as tho consideration.
"Shnntung was tho price paid, and
all the world knows It," Mr. Lodgo
snld. "There Is no stutute of limita
tions that runs against n wrong Ilka
that."
Reciting how Germany secured tho
Shnntung concessions nnd how Japan
succeeded Germany by virtue of war.
Senator Lodge continued:
"Kngland nnd France took Belgium
nway from Germany during tho war.
Docs that give them a claim to Bel
glum? Shantung was not enemy coun
try like Flume. It was handed over
to Japan ngalnst tho protests of some
of our delegates nnd the experts
charged with this question.
"It wns hnuded over becauso Ja
pan's signature was needed to tho
league. It wns done ns a necessity.
It takes tho territory of n friend, nn
ally who hud been loyal, and hands It
over to a great military power In tho
En st.
"Japan Is building up a great pow
er In China, and wo In this trcnty
nre helping her do It."
Tho debate on Shantung wns pre
cipitated by Senator Lodge calling up
his resolution asking the president for
information as to an nlleged treaty se
cretly negotiated between Japan nnd
Germany In 1018.
Senator Hitchcock (Neb.), senior
Democrat of tho committee, sld ho
desired to protest "ngalnst resolutions
of this cluss, based upon such slender
Information nnd having tho effect ot
Indicating to n friendly country that
tho United States sennte gives crc
denco to newspaper reports of this
character.
"It Is unworthy of the sennte," ho
declared.
Senntor Lodge replied thnt It seemed
to him "thnt when we nro making n
trenty that Includes the gift to Japan
of 80,000,000 of .Chinese wo outfit to
know whether there Is any truth In
tho assertions.
"It hns been stated that a copy of
the treaty Is in the hands of tho stnto
department nnd hns been for some
time. I think It perfectly rensonnblo
that we Inquire about It," he declared.
U. S. ENVOY TO JUG0-SLAVIA
President Appoints H. Perjclval Dodge
of Boston to Be Ambassador
to New Republic.
Milan, .1111 18. President 'Wilson
lms nppolntcd II. Perclvnl Dodge of
Boston to bo United States nmbnssador
tn Jugo-Stnvla, according to a dispatch
from Flume quoting the Croatlnn
newspaper Zugnhrln. Dr. Dodge was
born In Boston In 1870 but has lived
abroad a great deal of the time. lie
was formerly secretary to the Amer
ican embassies In Toklo and Berlin.
BOARD TO PROBE ,H. C. OF L
Resolution In House Would Have
President Appoint Board to
investigate Problem.
Washington. July 18. Appointment
lv tho president of a special commis
sion to Investigate the high cos of
living would be authorized under n
resolution Introduced by Itepi'esenta
tive Tlnkbnm (Republican) of Massa
chusetts. The commission would con
sist of 12 members and would make
Its report by December lf!
CAN SEND MAIL TO GERMANY
Postmaster General Burleson Signs
Order for Resumption
of 8ervlce.
Washington, July 17. Resumption
of rnnll servlco between the United
Stntes nnd Germnny, effectlvo Immedi
ately, was provided In nn order signed
by Postmaster General Burleson.
Germans to Be Repatriated.
Berne, July 10. The last of tho Ger
man prisoners Interned In Switzerland
will be sent homo shortly. Tho Swiss
government hns arranged with tho al
lies to repatriate tho Germans, who
number about threo thousand.
Landslides In the Andes.
Buenos Aires, July 10, New snow
falls on both sides of tho Andes moun
tains huve resulted In further land
slides of largo proportions, adding to
tho difficulties of repairing communica
tion over the mountains.
NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Items of Interest to All Our Readers
Gathered from All Over tho Stato
and Given In Brief.
Miss Susannah Thomon, plonoor ot
Blue Springs, lg dead.
Grand Island has lot a contract for
ono and ono-hnlt mllos ot paving.
Tho business mon of Hastings havo
formed n rotnll morchnnts association.
Beatrice Camp No. 27, M. W. A.,
will hold n log rolling on Labor day.
Suporio i.aa awarded tho contract
for Blxty btocks of conoroto-asphalt
paving.
Mondny night, August 11, Is set
aside ns Lincoln night at tho Ak-Snr-Bcn
in Omaha.
Ono flfty-ncro flold of whont In Gngo
county yielded bettor than twonty-flvo
bushels an aero.
Hastings will hold u homo-coming
colobratlon July 30 for Adams county
voterniiB of tho world war.
Carl Bergstrom of Newman Grove
dlod at his homo from tho effects of
being twico gassed in sorvice ovor
bous. Tho Masonic lodge of Bontrico will
oroct a JG0.000 tomplo. 1 The slto has
boon purchased and work will begin
soon. '
Webster county ttrosher,men have
ngrood on a prlco of 12 conts for
whont, G conts for oats and 7 conts for
barloy.
Nebraska jobbers, who will be af
fected by the new refrigerator lawj
are organising to fight tho incrense
in rntes.
Carl Johnson of Wahoo, n survivor
of tho Titanic disaster, is homo on fur
lough after seven months' service
overseas.
, 0. M. BaciuiB, Tor many years a
ronltfont nnd publisher of DuBoIs, died
In tho Pawnoo City hospital aftor an
illness of some weeks.
A $25,000 breach of promlso suit has
been filed nt Kearney by Knthorlno
Gustschnlk of Monroo, Ohio, against
Walter Peek c Rnvonnn.
Tho city ot Storlfng has loasod tho
distribution llnovowned by tho Nebras
ka Gbb company and will connect with
tho power lino from Tccumsoh.
Contracts for approxlmntoly 00,000
tons of coal for stato institutions at
u cost of nearly $300,000, havo boon
let by the state board ot control.
The Bluo river has boon at such
low tido, becauso ot tho continued dry
weather, that at ftinny placoB fish aro
taken from tho stream by hand.
Tho thirteenth annual oxorclso ot
the suminor school session commence
ment will bo held Friday evening,
July 25, In tho Memorial hall, Lincoln.
Following tno nrrost of John Bos
teder, nn oxpross company omployo
at Fromont, n soarch of his room
ylolded ?1,G00 worth of stolon goods.
Govomor Henry J. Allen of Kansas
will bo tho spoakor at tho first ban
quot of tho Rooaovolt Republican club
of Nobraskn in Lincoln on tho ovenlug
ot July 31.
Contracts for paving districts Nos. 4
and 5 in ColumbuB hnvo been lot; ap
proximately sixty blocks ore in tho
two districts. Work will commonco
immediately.
Governor McKolvio has announced
that ho has no Intcntldn of forcing tho
code bill ponding lltlgutlon In tho
courts to detormlno tho legality of
the referendum potltion.
Tho Surprlso Tolephono company
asks authorization to establish ratos
of $1.50 on farm linos und $1.25 on
town rosidenco two-party lines at both
Surprlso and Rising City.
Jim Busby was Instantly killed and
C. F. Meyers was seriously injured
when tho car in which they wore driv
ing turned turtle north of Mlnntaro.
Both men live in Scottsbluff.
A potltion asking that the uction of
tho recent legislature In ratifying na
tional prohlbtlon bo roforred to the
pobplo of tho state, has boon fllod with
Secretary of Stato Amsberry.
J. W. Grlslngor of Bellwood was In
Mnntly killed by having his bond
crushod botwoon tho lloor of an olova
tor nnd tho celling of the socond lloor
of tho Brandols building, Omaha.
Tho ntato railway commission has
I grnntod tho Callaway Tolephono com
pany permission to Increase Its rates
$2 per mouth for local sorvice aftor
tho motalllc battery systom la in-
! (tallcd,
Two hundred farmers from the
neighborhood of Great Fnlls, Mont.,
whoso crops wore destroyed by tho
dry weather, camo by special train to
Sidney, Nebraska, whore practically
all found work.
Aftor many voxatlous doluys the
newly completed plant of tho Ashland
Ico & Cold Storago company has be
gun tho manufacture of Ico. A load
of tho first product was Immediately
dispatched to Greenwood whoro nn ico
fainlno was on.
Arrangements aro bolng mndo at
North Platto to put In a lako for bath
ing at the city park and indications
are that It will bo ready next summer,
Work will begin in a couplo ot months.
The contract has beon let and a club
house will bo oroctod at the country
club grounds.
Tho employes ot tho Farmors &
Merchants Telephone company of
Alma struck for higher pay which
forced Manager Keester to mako a
hurry-up call on tho state railway
commission for an emergency order
permitting him to ralso tho rotes on
all Ave of his exchanges.
Incronso of rates asked for by tho
Mooroflold Farm nr.d Branch Tolo
phono company havo boon grantdd.
Noarly Jl.000,000 IncronBo In tho ns
sossed valuation of Lanaastor is
shown by tho report of the ussosBor.
An noroplano, piloted by Lldtit Lloyd
Thompson of tho Grand Islnnd Aoro
company, wns wreoked while making
n landing nt Konrnoy. ,
Twilight racing, on trial in Fromont
for tho first tlmo, proved n big suc
cess. Noarly 2,000 fanB turned out for
tho program, which began nt G o'clock,
and wns finished shortly botoro dark.
Peter Stevens of Cheyenne county
got into trouble with tho espionage
law by flying a Gcrmnn flnjj on Inde
pendence day. About twenty-five of
his neighbors assisted in hauling down
tho colors,
Tho mnttogorot ttio Frpntlor hotel
nt Nebraska City was taken into custo
dy by tho authorities shortly aftor tho
hotol had boon badly damaged by ilro
which broko out In savoral plncos si
multaneously. A special train lond ot harvest hands
from tho drouth-stricken districts of
Montana wero imported Into Choyonno
county by tho Sidney Commercial club
and put to work gathering tho 4,000,000
bushol wheat crop.
A moot constitutional convention, in
Which will bo dobatod tho principal
questions likely to arise in tho con
stitutional conventions ot Nebraska
nnd Illinois during tho coming year,,
will probably bo tho principal foaturo
of tho annual mooting ot tho National
Municipal longuo to bo hold at Clove
land, during tho holiday season next
Docombor.
Business is picking up. That stato-'
ment Ib mndo around Burlington head
quartorB whllo yard crows aro look
ing for tho flrot carload of now wheat.;
Buslnoss is a littlo bottor than at this
tlmo last year right now, with 'pros-,
poets of a biggor buslnoss for ovory.
day following for ft long tlmo. Traffic
for the first half ot tho month wns u
tow thousand tons heavier on tho Lin-j
coin division than it was for tho same
porlod last year.
A campaign for a fclock of oil leases .
running from tho vicinity of DoWltt
through portlonB of Hoag, Rlvorsldo,
township, in Gago county, has been in
progress for somo time, with good pros
pects for nn early consummation of tho
deal. Tho donl is boing backed by tho
same company that is conducting tho'
tosts at Rod Cloud nnd many aro on
thusinstically financing tho project.
Tho vicinity ot Putnam is likely to
boo tho sinking of tho first woll.
Tho livo stocic sanitary board hast
pasaod a now sot ot rulo3 which pro-'
vido that cattlo oxhlbltod or offered
for aalo at the stato fair must bo ac
companied by a tuborculln' test chart '
from a licensed veterinarian showing
that they hnvo successfully passed the
test not moro than sixty days prior.
Cattlo and sheop coming Into tho stato :
for othor than slaughter purposes
must pass through quarantine The
now rules aro offectlvo August 1.
Tho latest ovorseas casualties re
port ineludos the names of six No
brankanB: Sovoroly wounded, Lieut.
Paul II. Jarrot, Milford; Privato C. O.
Curtis, Stella, Wounded, degree un
dotormlnod, Private Carl L. Fisher,
Lincoln. Died of wounds, Prlvnto Al
bert Gnlbralth, Red Cloud; Privato
Charles Koltor, Hartlngton; both pre
viously joportod missing in action
Died of dlsonse, Privnto Emll Vitok,
previously reported missing In action. .
Tho Czccho-Slovnlcla commission
from tho new ropubllc of Czecho
slovakia visiting tho United Stntoa
in order to study industrial and agri
cultural conditions will mako an ex
tonsivo study ot ngrlcultural condi
tions and Nobraskn has been chosen
ns tho stato In which to study agricul
ture to tho boat advantage, according
to Charlos Polant, publlshor of tho
Dally Vonkoy, Praguo, Bohemia, a
mombor of ' tho comnilsslon.
Tho stato veterinarian's office has a
report showing that sovonteon 2-yoar-old
holfora In a bunch of twenty-three
shipped from a farm near Bladon to '
tho Kansas City market, wore found
to bo badly Infected with tuberculosis,
after they had boon slaughtered. Tho
fact that so many young animals wore
diseased indicated that tho promises
miiBt bo full of tho tuborcular germs,
nnd thnt other llvo stock, aa woll as
human beings, ure In danger pt con
tracting it. Another case is reported
from Merna, where ninety-nlno steers
wero shipped to Omaha nnd slxty
threo of thorn provod to bo tuborcular. "
Public schools throughout Nebraska
will recolvo during July tho largest
allotment of funds over distributed by
tho stato In ono of its somi-nnnual ap
portionments. Tho total amount is
$571,355. Ono-fourth of this is to bo
divided oqually among the G.904 dis
tricts ot tho Btato giving each one
$G0.70 from that sourco. Tho remain
der will bo distributed in proportion
to the number ot school children, at
tho rate of about $1.12 per child, there
being 382,975 children ot school ago
in Nebraska. Increased rentals from
school lund and higher intorest ratos
on tho state's bond investments nro
responsible for tile big school appor
tionment being made.
Oron D. Krntzer has sold tho Ulys-:
bob Dispatch to, II. J. Whltacro ot Ce
dar Falls, Iowa. Mr. Kratzer will de
voto his entire timo to his mercantile
interests in Garrison and Lincoln. Mr.
Whltacro took possession ot tho plant
immediately, Directors of tho Ashland Farmers')
Union Co-operatlvo association are
planning to build an elovator soon. -Tho
site scloctod is that several yoirs,
ago occuplod by the P. S. Docker
elovator, near tho stock yards. No
attempt will be made at this tlmo byi
tho Farmers' union to put 'in a gen-i
oral store. j